"Number and percent of households by household type and race/ethnicity, 1970-2002" Household type 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 US Total "62,873,068" "71,111,561" "79,108,085" "86,788,631" "93,347,250" "94,311,684" "95,669,068" "96,390,935" "97,104,741" "98,990,356" "99,627,260" "101,017,708" "102,528,172" "103,900,000" "104,700,000" "106,400,000" "109,300,000" % 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Married-couple w/ child<18 "26,011,253" "25,792,545" "25,206,574" "25,038,217" "25,475,803" "25,410,227" "25,357,471" "25,714,074" "26,112,005" "26,363,674" "26,030,618" "26,183,625" "26,429,565" "26,219,355" "26,368,478" "26,556,936" "26,928,040" % 41.37 36.27 31.86 28.85 27.29 26.94 26.51 26.68 26.89 26.63 26.13 25.92 25.78 25.24 25.18 24.96 24.64 Married-couple wo child<18 "18,396,894" "21,154,421" "22,972,993" "25,311,702" "26,840,953" "26,736,971" "27,099,518" "27,456,734" "27,055,445" "27,494,089" "27,536,512" "27,419,930" "27,887,300" "28,550,187" "28,942,134" "29,041,269" "29,818,910" % 29.26 29.75 29.04 29.16 28.75 28.35 28.33 28.48 27.86 27.77 27.64 27.14 27.2 27.48 27.64 27.29 27.28 Female head w/ child<18 "3,297,998" "4,809,813" "5,918,427" "6,831,804" "7,444,559" "7,706,803" "7,990,820" "8,229,711" "8,757,146" "8,664,957" "8,751,472" "8,956,810" "8,822,007" "8,927,832" "8,735,184" "8,510,070" "9,168,705" % 5.25 6.76 7.48 7.87 7.98 8.17 8.35 8.54 9.02 8.75 8.78 8.87 8.6 8.59 8.34 8.00 8.39 Female head wo child<18 "2,194,725" "2,315,518" "2,621,608" "3,296,869" "3,444,991" "3,560,855" "3,700,725" "3,717,240" "3,646,313" "3,555,484" "3,762,922" "3,833,366" "3,830,251" "3,861,436" "3,951,489" "4,015,411" "3,974,672" % 3.49 3.26 3.31 3.8 3.69 3.78 3.87 3.86 3.76 3.59 3.78 3.79 3.74 3.72 3.77 3.77 3.64 Male head w/ child<18 "425,597" "596,421" "736,449" "1,072,142" "1,359,124" "1,385,711" "1,512,560" "1,548,583" "1,576,103" "1,750,250" "1,933,895" "2,063,417" "2,175,294" "2,106,830" "2,168,436" "2,252,593" "2,325,417" % 0.68 0.84 0.93 1.24 1.46 1.47 1.58 1.61 1.62 1.77 1.94 2.04 2.12 2.03 2.07 2.12 2.13 Male head wo child<18 "781,832" "886,542" "969,889" "1,155,486" "1,524,979" "1,521,058" "1,512,110" "1,477,215" "1,340,960" "1,476,084" "1,578,896" "1,783,570" "1,735,404" "1,869,460" "1,859,535" "1,999,068" "2,112,798" % 1.24 1.25 1.23 1.33 1.63 1.61 1.58 1.53 1.38 1.49 1.58 1.77 1.69 1.80 1.78 1.88 1.93 Nonfamily alone "10,691,779" "13,937,404" "17,815,617" "20,601,636" "22,998,653" "23,590,439" "23,973,826" "23,642,205" "23,610,771" "24,732,287" "24,899,866" "25,402,386" "26,326,785" "26,605,699" "26,724,381" "27,822,914" "28,774,727" % 17.01 19.6 22.52 23.74 24.64 25.01 25.06 24.53 24.31 24.98 24.99 25.15 25.68 25.61 25.52 26.15 26.33 Nonfamily w/ nonrelatives "1,072,989" "1,618,898" "2,866,528" "3,480,774" "4,258,188" "4,399,619" "4,522,037" "4,605,173" "5,005,998" "4,953,531" "5,133,079" "5,374,605" "5,321,566" "5,733,520" "5,955,811" "6,218,980" "6,193,779" % 1.71 2.28 3.62 4.01 4.56 4.66 4.73 4.78 5.16 5 5.15 5.32 5.19 5.52 5.69 5.84 5.67 NH-White Total - "60,108,736" "65,846,022" "70,585,590" "74,495,089" "75,034,836" "75,617,850" "75,858,968" "75,697,044" "77,003,705" "76,932,093" "77,239,874" "77,935,663" "78,577,069" "78,819,285" "79,376,242" "80,818,254" % - 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100.0000025 99.99999874 100.0000025 Married-couple w/ child<18 - "21,785,239" "20,943,325" "20,241,241" "20,049,692" "19,957,310" "19,845,358" "20,044,997" "20,163,340" "20,273,903" "19,862,896" "19,728,837" "19,587,931" "19,324,195" "19,181,013" "19,112,100" "19,073,982" % - 36.24 31.81 28.68 26.91 26.6 26.24 26.42 26.64 26.33 25.82 25.54 25.13 24.59 24.34 24.08 23.60 Married-couple wo child<18 - "19,290,906" "20,754,869" "22,630,589" "23,660,642" "23,724,390" "23,878,351" "24,073,314" "23,577,701" "23,898,777" "23,905,418" "23,546,699" "23,834,749" "24,339,352" "24,684,227" "24,507,908" "25,043,119" % - 32.09 31.52 32.06 31.76 31.62 31.58 31.73 31.15 31.04 31.07 30.49 30.58 30.98 31.32 30.88 30.99 Female head w/ child<18 - "2,796,634" "3,353,998" "3,661,812" "3,828,882" "3,928,788" "4,065,394" "4,188,528" "4,327,077" "4,385,901" "4,360,932" "4,356,719" "4,320,163" "4,426,574" "4,251,227" "4,154,189" "4,411,227" % - 4.65 5.09 5.19 5.14 5.24 5.38 5.52 5.72 5.7 5.67 5.64 5.54 5.63 5.39 5.23 5.46 Female head wo child<18 - "1,886,503" "2,044,565" "2,419,281" "2,425,668" "2,479,520" "2,486,354" "2,515,039" "2,462,980" "2,377,873" "2,430,578" "2,518,462" "2,505,963" "2,481,947" "2,481,176" "2,526,738" "2,472,554" % - 3.14 3.11 3.43 3.26 3.3 3.29 3.32 3.25 3.09 3.16 3.26 3.22 3.16 3.15 3.18 3.06 Male head w/ child<18 - "432,053" "520,038" "762,969" "928,524" "877,693" "996,682" "1,043,722" "983,341" "1,072,445" "1,269,581" "1,295,007" "1,466,305" "1,354,146" "1,346,338" "1,401,138" "1,371,070" % - 0.72 0.79 1.08 1.25 1.17 1.32 1.38 1.3 1.39 1.65 1.68 1.88 1.72 1.71 1.77 1.70 Male head wo child<18 - "743,060" "770,910" "847,161" "1,061,925" "1,069,924" "1,014,569" "989,591" "949,810" "1,015,016" "1,028,102" "1,179,619" "1,155,691" "1,175,207" "1,121,875" "1,169,953" "1,246,664" % - 1.24 1.17 1.2 1.43 1.43 1.34 1.3 1.25 1.32 1.34 1.53 1.48 1.50 1.42 1.47 1.54 Nonfamily alone - "11,860,811" "15,093,310" "17,149,453" "19,070,908" "19,451,339" "19,692,078" "19,279,931" "19,242,568" "20,001,599" "19,992,050" "20,387,678" "20,828,259" "20,927,018" "21,069,754" "21,846,726" "22,545,748" % - 19.73 22.92 24.3 25.6 25.92 26.04 25.42 25.42 25.97 25.99 26.4 26.72 26.63 26.73 27.52 27.90 Nonfamily w/ nonrelatives - "1,313,531" "2,365,007" "2,873,084" "3,468,848" "3,545,872" "3,639,065" "3,723,847" "3,990,225" "3,978,190" "4,082,536" "4,226,852" "4,236,602" "4,548,630" "4,683,677" "4,657,489" "4,653,892" % - 2.19 3.59 4.07 4.66 4.73 4.81 4.91 5.27 5.17 5.31 5.47 5.44 5.79 5.94 5.87 5.76 Black Total "6,052,578" "7,256,045" "8,405,436" "9,480,264" "10,485,528" "10,671,404" "11,082,756" "11,189,969" "11,280,789" "11,654,794" "11,576,513" "12,108,982" "12,473,883" "12,579,214" "12,849,296" "13,351,769" "13,314,647" % 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100.0000075 100 Married-couple w/ child<18 "2,123,317" "2,170,357" "2,047,470" "2,001,354" "2,179,417" "2,103,812" "2,128,758" "2,174,572" "2,145,609" "2,147,364" "2,118,849" "2,174,376" "2,274,768" "2,194,380" "2,307,047" "2,385,320" "2,340,973" % 35.08 29.91 24.36 21.11 20.78 19.71 19.21 19.43 19.02 18.42 18.3 17.96 18.24 17.44 17.95 17.87 17.58 Married-couple wo child<18 "1,119,832" "1,170,397" "1,307,818" "1,467,406" "1,570,257" "1,465,220" "1,501,842" "1,573,384" "1,568,463" "1,694,171" "1,594,117" "1,676,884" "1,645,819" "1,781,039" "1,836,659" "1,904,139" "1,891,984" % 18.5 16.13 15.56 15.48 14.98 13.73 13.55 14.06 13.9 14.54 13.77 13.85 13.19 14.16 14.29 14.26 14.21 Female head w/ child<18 "1,065,543" "1,605,826" "2,005,613" "2,335,416" "2,623,657" "2,698,467" "2,770,926" "2,898,043" "3,082,585" "2,950,679" "2,884,170" "3,120,205" "3,060,229" "2,936,320" "2,892,118" "2,833,298" "2,994,213" % 17.6 22.13 23.86 24.63 25.02 25.29 25 25.9 27.33 25.32 24.91 25.77 24.53 23.34 22.51 21.22 22.49 Female head wo child<18 "260,350" "308,769" "423,807" "629,061" "651,483" "731,165" "810,585" "782,168" "741,932" "765,098" "884,595" "827,025" "865,308" "872,887" "921,916" "929,093" "843,849" % 4.3 4.26 5.04 6.64 6.21 6.85 7.31 6.99 6.58 6.56 7.64 6.83 6.94 6.94 7.17 6.96 6.34 Male head w/ child<18 "102,047" "112,837" "140,418" "175,351" "227,939" "267,100" "243,753" "243,761" "294,615" "340,895" "336,941" "400,280" "312,310" "353,186" "385,494" "382,340" "403,611" % 1.69 1.56 1.67 1.85 2.17 2.5 2.2 2.18 2.61 2.92 2.91 3.31 2.5 2.81 3.00 2.86 3.03 Male head wo child<18 "72,540" "95,779" "116,887" "169,023" "217,712" "205,183" "260,329" "215,944" "155,633" "194,872" "236,389" "256,392" "249,445" "306,547" "320,920" "378,166" "369,839" % 1.2 1.32 1.39 1.78 2.08 1.92 2.35 1.93 1.38 1.67 2.04 2.12 2 2.44 2.50 2.83 2.78 Nonfamily alone "1,131,601" "1,593,605" "2,038,088" "2,366,785" "2,609,596" "2,777,539" "2,915,060" "2,892,175" "2,803,795" "3,108,641" "3,054,739" "3,125,638" "3,576,321" "3,632,633" "3,604,704" "3,809,429" "3,872,603" % 18.7 21.96 24.25 24.97 24.89 26.03 26.3 25.85 24.85 26.67 26.39 25.81 28.67 28.88 28.05 28.53 29.09 Nonfamily w/ nonrelatives "177,349" "198,476" "325,334" "335,869" "405,468" "422,918" "451,503" "409,921" "488,158" "453,074" "466,714" "528,183" "489,683" "502,222" "580,438" "729,985" "597,575" % 2.93 2.74 3.87 3.54 3.87 3.96 4.07 3.66 4.33 3.89 4.03 4.36 3.93 3.99 4.52 5.47 4.49 Hispanic Total - "2,914,346" "3,729,915" "4,883,003" "5,933,041" "6,219,624" "6,379,002" "6,626,083" "7,360,504" "7,734,601" "7,939,055" "8,224,755" "8,590,220" "9,060,365" "9,318,714" "9,662,704" "10,498,551" % - 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 99.99998896 100 100 99.99999047 Married-couple w/ child<18 - "1,423,747" "1,707,013" "1,977,021" "2,309,343" "2,404,716" "2,444,708" "2,496,646" "2,741,323" "2,922,184" "2,901,625" "3,124,457" "3,293,013" "3,398,413" "3,608,807" "3,649,300" "3,976,104" % - 48.85 45.77 40.49 38.92 38.66 38.32 37.68 37.24 37.78 36.55 37.99 38.33 37.51 38.73 37.77 37.87 Married-couple wo child<18 - "494,911" "665,666" "847,328" "1,085,874" "1,048,919" "1,087,136" "1,176,876" "1,288,155" "1,313,196" "1,345,074" "1,395,974" "1,510,551" "1,546,869" "1,524,315" "1,596,341" "1,801,602" % - 16.98 17.85 17.35 18.3 16.86 17.04 17.76 17.5 16.98 16.94 16.97 17.58 17.07 16.36 16.52 17.16 Female head w/ child<18 - "373,031" "489,849" "711,480" "847,724" "921,073" "972,126" "945,182" "1,169,453" "1,182,015" "1,282,530" "1,273,525" "1,292,279" "1,352,016" "1,352,890" "1,308,708" "1,493,460" % - 12.8 13.13 14.57 14.29 14.81 15.24 14.26 15.89 15.28 16.15 15.48 15.04 14.92 14.52 13.54 14.23 Female head wo child<18 - "86,070" "103,777" "193,171" "268,394" "264,571" "289,232" "292,392" "329,198" "303,323" "321,954" "343,845" "319,322" "373,180" "416,606" "436,774" "428,172" % - 2.95 2.78 3.96 4.52 4.25 4.53 4.41 4.47 3.92 4.06 4.18 3.72 4.12 4.47 4.52 4.08 Male head w/ child<18 - "38,564" "58,565" "100,149" "156,876" "171,582" "204,177" "213,047" "236,513" "271,878" "237,497" "291,096" "324,350" "324,690" "358,267" "404,355" "467,747" % - 1.32 1.57 2.05 2.64 2.76 3.2 3.22 3.21 3.52 2.99 3.54 3.78 3.58 3.84 4.18 4.46 Male head wo child<18 - "46,650" "74,732" "110,000" "172,250" "170,474" "179,207" "194,096" "173,329" "207,085" "198,203" "202,421" "221,081" "274,971" "300,188" "332,028" "349,052" % - 1.6 2 2.25 2.9 2.74 2.81 2.93 2.35 2.68 2.5 2.46 2.57 3.03 3.22 3.44 3.32 Nonfamily alone - "374,766" "495,285" "755,764" "856,414" "925,191" "887,448" "996,291" "1,063,182" "1,155,868" "1,260,251" "1,195,422" "1,240,122" "1,328,765" "1,296,442" "1,402,519" "1,385,298" % - 12.86 13.28 15.48 14.43 14.88 13.91 15.04 14.44 14.94 15.87 14.53 14.44 14.67 13.91 14.51 13.20 Nonfamily w/ nonrelatives - "76,606" "135,030" "188,090" "236,165" "313,099" "314,969" "311,552" "359,352" "379,053" "391,922" "398,013" "389,502" "461,460" "461,199" "532,679" "597,115" % - 2.63 3.62 3.85 3.98 5.03 4.94 4.7 4.88 4.9 4.94 4.84 4.53 5.09 4.95 5.51 5.69 Asian Total - - - - "1,988,276" "1,957,920" "2,093,654" "2,118,027" "2,231,390" "2,039,664" "2,776,759" "2,998,052" "3,124,919" "3,308,204" "3,337,480" "3,526,978" "4,070,824" % - - - - 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 99.99993954 99.99997004 100.0000284 100.0000246 Married-couple w/ child<18 - - - - "822,780" "813,651" "781,358" "808,322" "892,657" "821,039" "1,084,240" "1,068,330" "1,156,770" "1,203,316" "1,188,785" "1,307,740" "1,408,619" % - - - - 41.38 41.56 37.32 38.16 40 40.25 39.05 35.63 37.02 36.37 35.62 37.08 34.60 Married-couple wo child<18 - - - - "433,660" "415,933" "502,568" "526,695" "530,941" "468,999" "607,611" "695,077" "789,315" "762,335" "807,564" "891,353" "968,933" % - - - - 21.81 21.24 24 24.87 23.79 22.99 21.88 23.18 25.26 23.04 24.20 25.27 23.80 Female head w/ child<18 - - - - "106,883" "129,815" "144,925" "127,219" "136,210" "112,483" "143,264" "174,487" "160,888" "203,328" "201,947" "189,160" "221,169" % - - - - 5.38 6.63 6.92 6.01 6.1 5.51 5.16 5.82 5.15 6.15 6.05 5.36 5.43 Female head wo child<18 - - - - "80,841" "64,495" "92,206" "104,861" "97,015" "88,005" "116,333" "122,453" "116,711" "114,192" "129,434" "109,780" "194,325" % - - - - 4.07 3.29 4.4 4.95 4.35 4.31 4.19 4.08 3.73 3.45 3.88 3.11 4.77 Male head w/ child<18 - - - - "31,583" "48,818" "50,678" "32,447" "31,485" "40,942" "65,776" "51,121" "51,313" "56,406" "59,152" "44,635" "49,383" % - - - - 1.59 2.49 2.42 1.53 1.41 2.01 2.37 1.71 1.64 1.71 1.77 1.27 1.21 Male head wo child<18 - - - - "54,771" "63,140" "51,967" "62,179" "46,640" "56,989" "107,578" "135,389" "105,986" "119,451" "119,521" "119,783" "137,992" % - - - - 2.75 3.22 2.48 2.94 2.09 2.79 3.87 4.52 3.39 3.61 3.58 3.40 3.39 Nonfamily alone - - - - "339,240" "324,010" "367,615" "350,477" "367,821" "338,618" "482,538" "560,443" "565,063" "628,325" "624,547" "614,159" "797,859" % - - - - 17.06 16.55 17.56 16.55 16.48 16.6 17.38 18.69 18.08 18.99 18.71 17.41 19.60 Nonfamily w/ nonrelatives - - - - "118,517" "98,057" "102,336" "105,827" "128,621" "112,590" "169,417" "190,752" "178,872" "220,849" "206,529" "250,369" "292,545" % - - - - 5.96 5.01 4.89 5 5.76 5.52 6.1 6.36 5.72 6.68 6.19 7.10 7.19 Number and percent of households by household type and region Household type 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 US Total "62,873,068" "71,111,561" "79,108,085" "86,788,631" "93,347,250" "94,311,684" "95,669,068" "96,390,935" "97,104,741" "98,990,356" "99,627,260" "101,017,708" "102,528,172" "103,900,000" "104,700,000" "106,400,000" "109,300,000" % 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Married-couple w/ child<18 "26,011,253" "25,792,545" "25,206,574" "25,038,217" "25,475,803" "25,410,227" "25,357,471" "25,714,074" "26,112,005" "26,363,674" "26,030,618" "26,183,625" "26,429,565" "26,219,355" "26,368,478" "26,556,936" "26,928,040" % 41.37 36.27 31.86 28.85 27.29 26.94 26.51 26.68 26.89 26.63 26.13 25.92 25.78 25.24 25.18 24.96 24.64 Married-couple wo child<18 "18,396,894" "21,154,421" "22,972,993" "25,311,702" "26,840,953" "26,736,971" "27,099,518" "27,456,734" "27,055,445" "27,494,089" "27,536,512" "27,419,930" "27,887,300" "28,550,187" "28,942,134" "29,041,269" "29,818,910" % 29.26 29.75 29.04 29.16 28.75 28.35 28.33 28.48 27.86 27.77 27.64 27.14 27.2 27.48 27.64 27.29 27.28 Female head w/ child<18 "3,297,998" "4,809,813" "5,918,427" "6,831,804" "7,444,559" "7,706,803" "7,990,820" "8,229,711" "8,757,146" "8,664,957" "8,751,472" "8,956,810" "8,822,007" "8,927,832" "8,735,184" "8,510,070" "9,168,705" % 5.25 6.76 7.48 7.87 7.98 8.17 8.35 8.54 9.02 8.75 8.78 8.87 8.6 8.59 8.34 8.00 8.39 Female head wo child<18 "2,194,725" "2,315,518" "2,621,608" "3,296,869" "3,444,991" "3,560,855" "3,700,725" "3,717,240" "3,646,313" "3,555,484" "3,762,922" "3,833,366" "3,830,251" "3,861,436" "3,951,489" "4,015,411" "3,974,672" % 3.49 3.26 3.31 3.8 3.69 3.78 3.87 3.86 3.76 3.59 3.78 3.79 3.74 3.72 3.77 3.77 3.64 Male head w/ child<18 "425,597" "596,421" "736,449" "1,072,142" "1,359,124" "1,385,711" "1,512,560" "1,548,583" "1,576,103" "1,750,250" "1,933,895" "2,063,417" "2,175,294" "2,106,830" "2,168,436" "2,252,593" "2,325,417" % 0.68 0.84 0.93 1.24 1.46 1.47 1.58 1.61 1.62 1.77 1.94 2.04 2.12 2.03 2.07 2.12 2.13 Male head wo child<18 "781,832" "886,542" "969,889" "1,155,486" "1,524,979" "1,521,058" "1,512,110" "1,477,215" "1,340,960" "1,476,084" "1,578,896" "1,783,570" "1,735,404" "1,869,460" "1,859,535" "1,999,068" "2,112,798" % 1.24 1.25 1.23 1.33 1.63 1.61 1.58 1.53 1.38 1.49 1.58 1.77 1.69 1.80 1.78 1.88 1.93 Nonfamily alone "10,691,779" "13,937,404" "17,815,617" "20,601,636" "22,998,653" "23,590,439" "23,973,826" "23,642,205" "23,610,771" "24,732,287" "24,899,866" "25,402,386" "26,326,785" "26,605,699" "26,724,381" "27,822,914" "28,774,727" % 17.01 19.6 22.52 23.74 24.64 25.01 25.06 24.53 24.31 24.98 24.99 25.15 25.68 25.61 25.52 26.15 26.33 Nonfamily w/ nonrelatives "1,072,989" "1,618,898" "2,866,528" "3,480,774" "4,258,188" "4,399,619" "4,522,037" "4,605,173" "5,005,998" "4,953,531" "5,133,079" "5,374,605" "5,321,566" "5,733,520" "5,955,811" "6,218,980" "6,193,779" % 1.71 2.28 3.62 4.01 4.56 4.66 4.73 4.78 5.16 5 5.15 5.32 5.19 5.52 5.69 5.84 5.67 Northeast Total "15,315,064" "16,219,880" "17,447,003" "18,347,848" "19,127,330" "19,270,563" "19,313,579" "19,436,716" "19,468,380" "19,593,370" "19,694,735" "19,724,115" "19,809,653" "19,877,266" "20,086,880" "20,212,043" "21,127,952" % 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100.000005 100 99.99999505 100 Married-couple w/ child<18 "5,951,083" "5,661,856" "5,276,016" "4,913,947" "5,000,843" "4,948,662" "4,868,591" "4,825,590" "4,939,136" "4,963,573" "4,934,785" "4,907,817" "4,786,528" "4,746,041" "4,829,509" "4,931,098" "4,992,458" % 38.86 34.91 30.24 26.78 26.15 25.68 25.21 24.83 25.37 25.33 25.06 24.88 24.16 23.88 24.04 24.40 23.63 Married-couple wo child<18 "4,464,074" "4,745,593" "5,028,065" "5,376,808" "5,583,522" "5,538,393" "5,530,724" "5,565,430" "5,385,760" "5,372,199" "5,261,268" "5,217,328" "5,266,355" "5,305,435" "5,309,699" "5,214,343" "5,671,199" % 29.15 29.26 28.82 29.3 29.19 28.74 28.64 28.63 27.66 27.42 26.71 26.45 26.58 26.69 26.43 25.80 26.84 Female head w/ child<18 "813,346" "1,060,339" "1,313,999" "1,513,809" "1,467,819" "1,530,084" "1,568,361" "1,544,481" "1,703,760" "1,684,972" "1,724,652" "1,673,810" "1,644,973" "1,697,591" "1,665,658" "1,598,942" "1,704,829" % 5.31 6.54 7.53 8.25 7.67 7.94 8.12 7.95 8.75 8.6 8.76 8.49 8.3 8.54 8.29 7.91 8.07 Female head wo child<18 "727,465" "702,388" "805,574" "876,665" "897,511" "874,235" "853,497" "932,732" "870,362" "829,666" "890,451" "881,247" "910,242" "906,636" "886,092" "888,450" "947,745" % 4.75 4.33 4.62 4.78 4.69 4.54 4.42 4.8 4.47 4.23 4.52 4.47 4.59 4.56 4.41 4.40 4.49 Male head w/ child<18 "127,411" "96,209" "148,709" "183,955" "216,897" "200,869" "259,175" "281,900" "236,175" "274,355" "323,940" "363,808" "350,029" "332,435" "334,114" "330,247" "384,472" % 0.83 0.59 0.85 1 1.13 1.04 1.34 1.45 1.21 1.4 1.64 1.84 1.77 1.67 1.66 1.63 1.82 Male head wo child<18 "267,393" "280,276" "277,347" "283,862" "327,141" "357,934" "347,284" "328,362" "317,685" "357,179" "372,938" "359,514" "379,358" "395,221" "411,651" "454,568" "424,331" % 1.75 1.73 1.59 1.55 1.71 1.86 1.8 1.69 1.63 1.82 1.89 1.82 1.92 1.99 2.05 2.25 2.01 Nonfamily alone "2,719,437" "3,344,255" "4,065,452" "4,570,242" "4,836,610" "5,024,228" "5,015,545" "5,126,052" "5,098,400" "5,210,134" "5,237,868" "5,327,654" "5,528,814" "5,429,709" "5,512,413" "5,646,724" "5,934,390" % 17.76 20.62 23.3 24.91 25.29 26.07 25.97 26.37 26.19 26.59 26.6 27.01 27.91 27.32 27.44 27.94 28.09 Nonfamily w/ nonrelatives "244,856" "328,964" "531,841" "628,560" "796,986" "796,158" "870,403" "832,169" "917,103" "901,293" "948,833" "992,937" "943,353" "1,064,199" "1,137,744" "1,147,670" "1,068,528" % 1.6 2.03 3.05 3.43 4.17 4.13 4.51 4.28 4.71 4.6 4.82 5.03 4.76 5.35 5.66 5.68 5.06 Midwest Total "17,507,637" "19,062,004" "20,933,448" "21,697,161" "22,760,481" "23,222,960" "23,327,258" "23,307,283" "23,384,795" "23,682,798" "23,707,147" "23,971,562" "24,235,907" "24,489,136" "24,508,088" "24,496,556" "25,754,739" % 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 99.99999592 100.0000041 100 100 Married-couple w/ child<18 "7,610,325" "7,036,230" "6,830,293" "6,456,739" "6,317,199" "6,170,459" "6,075,546" "6,217,403" "6,229,916" "6,167,492" "6,100,120" "6,224,186" "6,392,383" "6,249,484" "6,222,146" "6,243,818" "6,339,569" % 43.47 36.91 32.63 29.76 27.76 26.57 26.04 26.68 26.64 26.04 25.73 25.96 26.38 25.52 25.39 25.49 24.62 Married-couple wo child<18 "5,133,212" "5,846,522" "6,229,332" "6,447,560" "6,640,078" "6,739,454" "6,654,693" "6,609,834" "6,447,001" "6,668,761" "6,829,079" "6,689,560" "6,618,739" "6,769,790" "6,930,628" "6,954,168" "7,261,718" % 29.32 30.67 29.76 29.72 29.17 29.02 28.53 28.36 27.57 28.16 28.81 27.91 27.31 27.64 28.28 28.39 28.20 Female head w/ child<18 "733,410" "1,119,598" "1,468,675" "1,674,922" "1,657,697" "1,776,472" "1,935,451" "2,013,490" "2,068,443" "1,998,379" "1,924,420" "1,927,616" "1,890,431" "2,049,019" "1,951,279" "1,765,758" "2,009,227" % 4.19 5.87 7.02 7.72 7.28 7.65 8.3 8.64 8.85 8.44 8.12 8.04 7.8 8.37 7.96 7.21 7.80 Female head wo child<18 "534,972" "604,656" "646,640" "746,296" "752,710" "770,993" "803,142" "773,045" "791,701" "755,367" "733,508" "782,888" "800,850" "828,955" "804,855" "803,585" "798,377" % 3.06 3.17 3.09 3.44 3.31 3.32 3.44 3.32 3.39 3.19 3.09 3.27 3.3 3.38 3.28 3.28 3.10 Male head w/ child<18 "95,946" "156,662" "163,688" "244,423" "319,900" "336,463" "328,739" "377,818" "365,531" "378,199" "445,932" "469,799" "499,405" "538,081" "547,426" "496,444" "567,274" % 0.55 0.82 0.78 1.13 1.41 1.45 1.41 1.62 1.56 1.6 1.88 1.96 2.06 2.20 2.23 2.03 2.20 Male head wo child<18 "214,337" "223,872" "229,792" "268,637" "371,402" "325,443" "372,352" "333,963" "305,870" "296,150" "319,889" "362,902" "392,086" "436,046" "391,125" "381,552" "468,288" % 1.22 1.17 1.1 1.24 1.63 1.4 1.6 1.43 1.31 1.25 1.35 1.51 1.62 1.78 1.60 1.56 1.82 Nonfamily alone "2,893,189" "3,716,675" "4,681,846" "5,113,193" "5,717,504" "6,093,118" "6,121,156" "5,854,859" "5,971,733" "6,282,243" "6,180,336" "6,312,553" "6,464,219" "6,455,225" "6,405,887" "6,572,847" "6,997,697" % 16.53 19.5 22.37 23.57 25.12 26.24 26.24 25.12 25.54 26.53 26.07 26.33 26.67 26.36 26.14 26.83 27.17 Nonfamily w/ nonrelatives "292,246" "357,788" "683,182" "745,392" "983,991" "1,010,558" "1,036,180" "1,126,872" "1,204,600" "1,136,208" "1,173,863" "1,202,058" "1,177,794" "1,162,535" "1,254,743" "1,278,384" "1,312,589" % 1.67 1.88 3.26 3.44 4.32 4.35 4.44 4.83 5.15 4.8 4.95 5.01 4.86 4.75 5.12 5.22 5.10 South Total "18,960,839" "22,578,844" "25,522,847" "29,580,791" "32,262,449" "32,312,051" "33,072,811" "33,391,841" "33,904,478" "34,766,023" "35,143,096" "35,693,157" "36,578,103" "36,959,407" "37,302,621" "38,525,361" "39,150,914" % 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100.0000027 100.0000027 100 100 Married-couple w/ child<18 "7,896,303" "8,446,688" "8,365,548" "8,651,457" "8,831,375" "8,797,977" "8,763,223" "9,063,226" "9,098,871" "9,319,325" "9,070,058" "9,064,212" "9,200,449" "9,129,924" "9,095,527" "9,148,928" "9,358,383" % 41.65 37.41 32.78 29.25 27.37 27.23 26.5 27.14 26.84 26.81 25.81 25.39 25.15 24.70 24.38 23.75 23.90 Married-couple wo child<18 "5,659,999" "6,733,445" "7,607,714" "8,805,301" "9,460,147" "9,307,599" "9,583,130" "9,640,706" "9,666,749" "9,881,389" "10,032,564" "10,078,212" "10,244,320" "10,705,191" "11,048,903" "11,090,435" "11,108,427" % 29.85 29.82 29.81 29.77 29.32 28.81 28.98 28.87 28.51 28.42 28.55 28.24 28.01 28.96 29.62 28.79 28.37 Female head w/ child<18 "1,171,297" "1,727,574" "2,089,537" "2,435,730" "2,846,316" "2,918,440" "2,928,688" "3,100,843" "3,310,677" "3,253,935" "3,308,016" "3,463,271" "3,448,045" "3,304,885" "3,255,112" "3,355,218" "3,594,304" % 6.18 7.65 8.19 8.23 8.82 9.03 8.86 9.29 9.76 9.36 9.41 9.7 9.43 8.94 8.73 8.71 9.18 Female head wo child<18 "660,160" "682,020" "777,995" "1,151,953" "1,180,285" "1,313,537" "1,413,247" "1,345,316" "1,369,446" "1,335,596" "1,481,574" "1,475,344" "1,433,238" "1,385,290" "1,472,974" "1,594,846" "1,416,689" % 3.48 3.02 3.05 3.89 3.66 4.07 4.27 4.03 4.04 3.84 4.22 4.13 3.92 3.75 3.95 4.14 3.62 Male head w/ child<18 "149,689" "209,051" "237,889" "357,523" "455,069" "442,746" "498,599" "430,979" "552,765" "585,294" "678,208" "710,348" "808,636" "735,426" "731,376" "725,409" "768,114" % 0.79 0.93 0.93 1.21 1.41 1.37 1.51 1.29 1.63 1.68 1.93 1.99 2.21 1.99 1.96 1.88 1.96 Male head wo child<18 "197,879" "255,828" "288,041" "378,794" "471,219" "498,225" "491,743" "459,050" "431,749" "495,326" "527,186" "646,257" "543,800" "623,147" "587,886" "682,063" "772,749" % 1.04 1.13 1.13 1.28 1.46 1.54 1.49 1.37 1.27 1.42 1.5 1.81 1.49 1.69 1.58 1.77 1.97 Nonfamily alone "2,943,780" "4,073,739" "5,386,311" "6,791,359" "7,759,851" "7,714,737" "8,062,186" "7,983,899" "8,010,713" "8,368,098" "8,485,071" "8,550,884" "9,252,580" "9,289,812" "9,236,585" "9,941,859" "10,111,661" % 15.53 18.04 21.1 22.96 24.05 23.88 24.38 23.91 23.63 24.07 24.14 23.96 25.3 25.14 24.76 25.81 25.83 Nonfamily w/ nonrelatives "281,732" "450,500" "769,811" "1,008,674" "1,258,188" "1,318,790" "1,331,995" "1,367,823" "1,463,508" "1,527,059" "1,560,419" "1,704,630" "1,647,034" "1,785,733" "1,874,259" "1,986,603" "2,020,587" % 1.49 2 3.02 3.41 3.9 4.08 4.03 4.1 4.32 4.39 4.44 4.78 4.5 4.83 5.02 5.16 5.16 West Total "11,089,528" "13,250,834" "15,204,787" "17,162,831" "19,196,990" "19,506,111" "19,955,419" "20,255,094" "20,347,088" "20,948,165" "21,082,282" "21,628,874" "21,904,509" "22,548,510" "22,807,858" "23,183,283" "23,263,443" % 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 99.99999557 100.0000088 100.0000043 100 Married-couple w/ child<18 "4,553,541" "4,647,771" "4,734,718" "5,016,075" "5,326,387" "5,493,129" "5,650,112" "5,607,856" "5,844,082" "5,913,283" "5,925,655" "5,987,410" "6,050,204" "6,093,906" "6,221,296" "6,233,093" "6,237,629" % 41.06 35.08 31.14 29.23 27.75 28.16 28.31 27.69 28.72 28.23 28.11 27.68 27.62 27.03 27.28 26.89 26.81 Married-couple wo child<18 "3,139,610" "3,828,862" "4,107,882" "4,682,034" "5,157,206" "5,151,525" "5,330,971" "5,640,763" "5,555,935" "5,571,740" "5,413,601" "5,434,829" "5,757,885" "5,769,770" "5,652,905" "5,782,323" "5,777,565" % 28.31 28.9 27.02 27.28 26.86 26.41 26.71 27.85 27.31 26.6 25.68 25.13 26.29 25.59 24.78 24.94 24.84 Female head w/ child<18 "579,946" "902,303" "1,046,215" "1,207,343" "1,472,727" "1,481,808" "1,558,320" "1,570,897" "1,674,266" "1,727,671" "1,794,384" "1,892,113" "1,838,558" "1,876,337" "1,863,136" "1,790,152" "1,860,344" % 5.23 6.81 6.88 7.03 7.67 7.6 7.81 7.76 8.23 8.25 8.51 8.75 8.39 8.32 8.17 7.72 8.00 Female head wo child<18 "272,128" "326,454" "391,399" "521,955" "614,485" "602,089" "630,840" "666,148" "614,803" "634,855" "657,390" "693,887" "685,921" "740,555" "787,568" "728,531" "811,862" % 2.45 2.46 2.57 3.04 3.2 3.09 3.16 3.29 3.02 3.03 3.12 3.21 3.13 3.28 3.45 3.14 3.49 Male head w/ child<18 "52,552" "134,498" "186,162" "286,242" "367,258" "405,634" "426,046" "457,887" "421,632" "512,402" "485,815" "519,463" "517,224" "500,889" "555,520" "700,493" "605,558" % 0.47 1.02 1.22 1.67 1.91 2.08 2.13 2.26 2.07 2.45 2.3 2.4 2.36 2.22 2.44 3.02 2.60 Male head wo child<18 "102,224" "126,566" "174,710" "224,193" "355,217" "339,456" "300,732" "355,840" "285,656" "327,430" "358,884" "414,897" "420,161" "415,046" "468,874" "480,885" "447,430" % 0.92 0.96 1.15 1.31 1.85 1.74 1.51 1.76 1.4 1.56 1.7 1.92 1.92 1.84 2.06 2.07 1.92 Nonfamily alone "2,135,373" "2,802,734" "3,682,008" "4,126,842" "4,684,688" "4,758,357" "4,774,939" "4,677,395" "4,529,925" "4,871,814" "4,996,591" "5,211,295" "5,081,173" "5,430,952" "5,569,496" "5,661,484" "5,730,979" % 19.26 21.15 24.22 24.05 24.4 24.39 23.93 23.09 22.26 23.26 23.7 24.09 23.2 24.09 24.42 24.42 24.64 Nonfamily w/ nonrelatives "254,154" "481,647" "881,693" "1,098,148" "1,219,023" "1,274,113" "1,283,459" "1,278,309" "1,420,788" "1,388,971" "1,449,964" "1,474,980" "1,553,384" "1,721,054" "1,689,065" "1,806,323" "1,792,076" % 2.29 3.63 5.8 6.4 6.35 6.53 6.43 6.31 6.98 6.63 6.88 6.82 7.09 7.63 7.41 7.79 7.70 Number and percent of households by household type and age Household type 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 US Total "62,873,068" "71,111,561" "79,108,085" "86,788,631" "93,347,250" "94,311,684" "95,669,068" "96,390,935" "97,104,741" "98,990,356" "99,627,260" "101,017,708" "102,528,172" "103,900,000" "104,700,000" "106,400,000" "109,300,000" % 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Married-couple w/ child<18 "26,011,253" "25,792,545" "25,206,574" "25,038,217" "25,475,803" "25,410,227" "25,357,471" "25,714,074" "26,112,005" "26,363,674" "26,030,618" "26,183,625" "26,429,565" "26,219,355" "26,368,478" "26,556,936" "26,928,040" % 41.37 36.27 31.86 28.85 27.29 26.94 26.51 26.68 26.89 26.63 26.13 25.92 25.78 25.24 25.18 24.96 24.64 Married-couple wo child<18 "18,396,894" "21,154,421" "22,972,993" "25,311,702" "26,840,953" "26,736,971" "27,099,518" "27,456,734" "27,055,445" "27,494,089" "27,536,512" "27,419,930" "27,887,300" "28,550,187" "28,942,134" "29,041,269" "29,818,910" % 29.26 29.75 29.04 29.16 28.75 28.35 28.33 28.48 27.86 27.77 27.64 27.14 27.2 27.48 27.64 27.29 27.28 Female head w/ child<18 "3,297,998" "4,809,813" "5,918,427" "6,831,804" "7,444,559" "7,706,803" "7,990,820" "8,229,711" "8,757,146" "8,664,957" "8,751,472" "8,956,810" "8,822,007" "8,927,832" "8,735,184" "8,510,070" "9,168,705" % 5.25 6.76 7.48 7.87 7.98 8.17 8.35 8.54 9.02 8.75 8.78 8.87 8.6 8.59 8.34 8.00 8.39 Female head wo child<18 "2,194,725" "2,315,518" "2,621,608" "3,296,869" "3,444,991" "3,560,855" "3,700,725" "3,717,240" "3,646,313" "3,555,484" "3,762,922" "3,833,366" "3,830,251" "3,861,436" "3,951,489" "4,015,411" "3,974,672" % 3.49 3.26 3.31 3.8 3.69 3.78 3.87 3.86 3.76 3.59 3.78 3.79 3.74 3.72 3.77 3.77 3.64 Male head w/ child<18 "425,597" "596,421" "736,449" "1,072,142" "1,359,124" "1,385,711" "1,512,560" "1,548,583" "1,576,103" "1,750,250" "1,933,895" "2,063,417" "2,175,294" "2,106,830" "2,168,436" "2,252,593" "2,325,417" % 0.68 0.84 0.93 1.24 1.46 1.47 1.58 1.61 1.62 1.77 1.94 2.04 2.12 2.03 2.07 2.12 2.13 Male head wo child<18 "781,832" "886,542" "969,889" "1,155,486" "1,524,979" "1,521,058" "1,512,110" "1,477,215" "1,340,960" "1,476,084" "1,578,896" "1,783,570" "1,735,404" "1,869,460" "1,859,535" "1,999,068" "2,112,798" % 1.24 1.25 1.23 1.33 1.63 1.61 1.58 1.53 1.38 1.49 1.58 1.77 1.69 1.80 1.78 1.88 1.93 Nonfamily alone "10,691,779" "13,937,404" "17,815,617" "20,601,636" "22,998,653" "23,590,439" "23,973,826" "23,642,205" "23,610,771" "24,732,287" "24,899,866" "25,402,386" "26,326,785" "26,605,699" "26,724,381" "27,822,914" "28,774,727" % 17.01 19.6 22.52 23.74 24.64 25.01 25.06 24.53 24.31 24.98 24.99 25.15 25.68 25.61 25.52 26.15 26.33 Nonfamily w/ nonrelatives "1,072,989" "1,618,898" "2,866,528" "3,480,774" "4,258,188" "4,399,619" "4,522,037" "4,605,173" "5,005,998" "4,953,531" "5,133,079" "5,374,605" "5,321,566" "5,733,520" "5,955,811" "6,218,980" "6,193,779" % 1.71 2.28 3.62 4.01 4.56 4.66 4.73 4.78 5.16 5 5.15 5.32 5.19 5.52 5.69 5.84 5.67 15-24 Total "4,303,170" "5,833,021" "6,397,558" "5,437,832" "5,120,918" "4,882,424" "4,859,040" "5,022,392" "5,262,838" "5,444,359" "5,281,622" "5,160,357" "5,435,240" "5,770,055" "5,860,247" "6,391,991" "6,390,848" % 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 99.99998267 99.99998294 99.99998436 100 Married-couple w/ child<18 "1,718,302" "1,724,146" "1,483,159" "1,170,628" "836,476" "827,869" "827,791" "804,568" "889,040" "910,210" "928,812" "744,090" "819,782" "896,117" "847,586" "887,774" "900,135" % 39.93 29.56 23.18 21.53 16.33 16.96 17.04 16.02 16.89 16.72 17.59 14.42 15.08 15.53 14.46 13.89 14.08 Married-couple wo child<18 "1,276,243" "1,637,708" "1,347,660" "977,288" "799,395" "730,414" "643,820" "658,829" "682,475" "721,684" "598,790" "588,973" "552,825" "587,605" "602,685" "591,873" "635,336" % 29.66 28.08 21.07 17.97 15.61 14.96 13.25 13.12 12.97 13.26 11.34 11.41 10.17 10.18 10.28 9.26 9.94 Female head w/ child<18 "347,873" "640,135" "674,653" "711,195" "798,003" "844,173" "829,066" "906,837" "1,024,559" "1,009,762" "963,179" "1,084,243" "927,062" "1,091,587" "1,140,976" "1,090,692" "1,092,653" % 8.08 10.97 10.55 13.08 15.58 17.29 17.06 18.06 19.47 18.55 18.24 21.01 17.06 18.92 19.47 17.06 17.10 Female head wo child<18 "44,513" "52,579" "37,525" "72,907" "105,606" "74,854" "80,100" "97,454" "98,268" "114,735" "129,748" "160,562" "167,650" "136,957" "201,036" "212,308" "266,608" % 1.03 0.9 0.59 1.34 2.06 1.53 1.65 1.94 1.87 2.11 2.46 3.11 3.08 2.37 3.43 3.32 4.17 Male head w/ child<18 "23,408" "43,707" "64,521" "64,092" "132,258" "106,379" "114,502" "158,577" "168,606" "173,858" "214,899" "198,348" "293,766" "243,299" "241,090" "323,361" "321,928" % 0.54 0.75 1.01 1.18 2.58 2.18 2.36 3.16 3.2 3.19 4.07 3.84 5.4 4.22 4.11 5.06 5.04 Male head wo child<18 "41,737" "52,559" "117,499" "130,924" "181,313" "142,769" "146,524" "124,713" "133,605" "148,866" "180,524" "187,554" "257,140" "286,849" "319,204" "382,112" "401,702" % 0.97 0.9 1.84 2.41 3.54 2.92 3.02 2.48 2.54 2.73 3.42 3.63 4.73 4.97 5.45 5.98 6.29 Nonfamily alone "549,155" "1,111,366" "1,669,936" "1,323,362" "1,210,328" "1,140,278" "1,156,339" "1,186,915" "1,126,023" "1,195,176" "1,071,905" "1,083,325" "1,250,808" "1,312,548" "1,143,180" "1,456,353" "1,292,327" % 12.76 19.05 26.1 24.34 23.63 23.35 23.8 23.63 21.4 21.95 20.29 20.99 23.01 22.75 19.51 22.78 20.22 Nonfamily w/ nonrelatives "301,938" "570,822" "1,002,604" "987,435" "1,057,538" "1,015,689" "1,060,897" "1,084,500" "1,140,262" "1,170,070" "1,193,766" "1,113,262" "1,166,207" "1,215,092" "1,364,489" "1,447,517" "1,480,159" % 7.02 9.79 15.67 18.16 20.65 20.8 21.83 21.59 21.67 21.49 22.6 21.57 21.46 21.06 23.28 22.65 23.16 25-34 Total "11,653,685" "14,947,319" "17,899,834" "20,013,270" "20,471,891" "20,323,250" "20,007,185" "19,741,181" "19,717,364" "19,452,681" "19,224,646" "19,314,432" "19,033,341" "18,818,584" "18,626,782" "18,553,518" "18,988,263" % 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 99.99999469 100 100 100 Married-couple w/ child<18 "8,050,500" "8,571,318" "8,533,170" "8,656,165" "8,416,063" "8,138,159" "7,888,979" "7,856,259" "7,748,311" "7,571,417" "7,212,992" "7,263,673" "7,266,461" "6,892,974" "6,856,822" "6,623,535" "6,825,559" % 69.08 57.34 47.67 43.25 41.11 40.04 39.43 39.8 39.3 38.92 37.52 37.61 38.18 36.63 36.81 35.70 35.95 Married-couple wo child<18 "1,510,419" "2,307,500" "2,724,466" "2,963,132" "2,968,389" "2,864,924" "2,802,047" "2,798,351" "2,622,100" "2,745,294" "2,747,375" "2,638,362" "2,619,290" "2,482,376" "2,532,577" "2,519,983" "2,558,688" % 12.96 15.44 15.22 14.81 14.5 14.1 14.01 14.18 13.3 14.11 14.29 13.66 13.76 13.19 13.60 13.58 13.48 Female head w/ child<18 "861,240" "1,518,111" "2,114,227" "2,485,178" "2,648,950" "2,707,634" "2,807,803" "2,796,285" "2,971,079" "2,815,223" "2,722,853" "2,681,918" "2,728,134" "2,733,348" "2,562,351" "2,598,407" "2,672,685" % 7.39 10.16 11.81 12.42 12.94 13.32 14.03 14.16 15.07 14.47 14.16 13.89 14.33 14.52 13.76 14.00 14.08 Female head wo child<18 "32,563" "53,440" "80,532" "124,655" "146,951" "158,742" "157,919" "149,714" "140,580" "149,203" "181,555" "120,293" "158,739" "178,017" "169,644" "214,061" "181,082" % 0.28 0.36 0.45 0.62 0.72 0.78 0.79 0.76 0.71 0.77 0.94 0.62 0.83 0.95 0.91 1.15 0.95 Male head w/ child<18 "47,644" "109,826" "147,919" "310,005" "376,933" "421,705" "453,755" "464,155" "493,428" "531,594" "544,905" "621,957" "547,034" "590,099" "587,395" "537,344" "618,840" % 0.41 0.73 0.83 1.55 1.84 2.07 2.27 2.35 2.5 2.73 2.83 3.22 2.87 3.14 3.15 2.90 3.26 Male head wo child<18 "74,343" "103,046" "143,091" "219,812" "296,433" "298,670" "268,796" "311,562" "269,595" "264,235" "316,836" "411,231" "318,911" "341,980" "298,380" "325,359" "357,006" % 0.64 0.69 0.8 1.1 1.45 1.47 1.34 1.58 1.37 1.36 1.65 2.13 1.68 1.82 1.60 1.75 1.88 Nonfamily alone "884,344" "1,836,588" "3,150,090" "3,905,601" "3,972,149" "4,116,542" "3,924,185" "3,734,066" "3,716,203" "3,653,228" "3,736,232" "3,629,931" "3,678,741" "3,714,410" "3,847,999" "3,802,775" "3,922,298" % 7.59 12.29 17.6 19.52 19.4 20.26 19.61 18.92 18.85 18.78 19.43 18.79 19.33 19.74 20.66 20.50 20.66 Nonfamily w/ nonrelatives "192,632" "447,490" "1,006,339" "1,348,723" "1,646,023" "1,616,875" "1,703,700" "1,630,788" "1,756,067" "1,722,486" "1,761,899" "1,947,067" "1,716,031" "1,885,379" "1,771,614" "1,932,054" "1,852,105" % 1.65 2.99 5.62 6.74 8.04 7.96 8.52 8.26 8.91 8.85 9.16 10.08 9.02 10.02 9.51 10.41 9.75 35-44 Total "11,686,747" "11,859,878" "13,904,110" "17,481,370" "20,554,274" "21,304,472" "21,774,298" "21,717,342" "22,293,478" "22,914,148" "23,226,418" "23,822,895" "23,943,295" "23,968,367" "23,955,378" "23,903,790" "24,030,697" % 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100.0000042 99.99999582 100 Married-couple w/ child<18 "8,609,941" "8,112,936" "8,576,404" "9,683,691" "10,663,983" "10,832,125" "10,933,737" "10,990,506" "11,186,572" "11,490,093" "11,444,683" "11,763,727" "11,677,799" "11,532,928" "11,512,425" "11,539,229" "11,493,892" % 73.67 68.41 61.68 55.39 51.88 50.84 50.21 50.61 50.18 50.14 49.27 49.38 48.77 48.12 48.06 48.27 47.83 Married-couple wo child<18 "983,978" "945,674" "1,304,517" "1,931,189" "2,419,168" "2,413,434" "2,585,944" "2,531,230" "2,503,826" "2,428,415" "2,452,270" "2,490,814" "2,502,267" "2,608,051" "2,591,822" "2,680,402" "2,683,608" % 8.42 7.97 9.38 11.05 11.77 11.33 11.88 11.66 11.23 10.6 10.56 10.46 10.45 10.88 10.82 11.21 11.17 Female head w/ child<18 "940,122" "1,323,587" "1,704,513" "2,193,111" "2,427,487" "2,602,724" "2,720,928" "2,858,868" "2,987,744" "3,076,843" "3,172,378" "3,289,261" "3,157,359" "3,186,325" "3,070,295" "2,853,076" "3,188,000" % 8.04 11.16 12.26 12.55 11.81 12.22 12.5 13.16 13.4 13.43 13.66 13.81 13.19 13.29 12.82 11.94 13.27 Female head wo child<18 "128,717" "173,971" "220,491" "352,123" "501,569" "471,976" "509,039" "410,189" "382,900" "424,576" "487,772" "480,142" "479,176" "496,777" "428,825" "463,756" "407,512" % 1.1 1.47 1.59 2.01 2.44 2.22 2.34 1.89 1.72 1.85 2.1 2.02 2 2.07 1.79 1.94 1.70 Male head w/ child<18 "118,787" "167,825" "257,406" "372,205" "483,012" "511,556" "532,179" "525,276" "525,264" "587,812" "659,070" "699,966" "740,653" "704,235" "790,762" "737,168" "744,576" % 1.02 1.42 1.85 2.13 2.35 2.4 2.44 2.42 2.36 2.57 2.84 2.94 3.09 2.94 3.30 3.08 3.10 Male head wo child<18 "92,189" "111,779" "95,786" "138,331" "199,032" "246,551" "251,368" "252,675" "216,576" "264,772" "287,533" "301,652" "314,508" "291,128" "311,653" "306,044" "300,332" % 0.79 0.94 0.69 0.79 0.97 1.16 1.15 1.16 0.97 1.16 1.24 1.27 1.31 1.21 1.30 1.28 1.25 Nonfamily alone "700,914" "908,411" "1,456,807" "2,322,565" "3,137,926" "3,402,190" "3,480,284" "3,285,174" "3,517,457" "3,663,012" "3,802,889" "3,878,096" "4,053,703" "4,074,347" "4,108,486" "4,190,130" "4,102,598" % 6 7.66 10.48 13.29 15.27 15.97 15.98 15.13 15.78 15.99 16.37 16.28 16.93 17.00 17.15 17.53 17.07 Nonfamily w/ nonrelatives "112,098" "115,696" "288,186" "488,155" "722,098" "823,918" "760,820" "863,424" "973,137" "978,625" "919,823" "919,236" "1,017,831" "1,074,576" "1,141,111" "1,133,984" "1,110,179" % 0.96 0.98 2.07 2.79 3.51 3.87 3.49 3.98 4.37 4.27 3.96 3.86 4.25 4.48 4.76 4.74 4.62 45-64 Total "22,977,339" "24,212,907" "24,757,346" "25,700,709" "27,043,854" "27,274,450" "28,107,189" "29,013,964" "29,024,667" "29,814,046" "30,408,606" "31,311,883" "32,618,857" "33,728,593" "34,518,534" "35,739,891" "37,411,068" % 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 99.99999704 100.0000029 100 100.0000027 Married-couple w/ child<18 "7,307,313" "7,003,589" "6,311,681" "5,228,473" "5,245,939" "5,251,826" "5,397,652" "5,705,430" "5,914,311" "6,050,987" "6,128,241" "6,083,332" "6,335,115" "6,573,052" "6,805,677" "7,132,779" "7,294,597" % 31.8 28.93 25.49 20.34 19.4 19.26 19.2 19.66 20.38 20.3 20.15 19.43 19.42 19.49 19.72 19.96 19.50 Married-couple wo child<18 "9,309,010" "9,988,987" "10,650,108" "11,682,602" "12,069,257" "12,052,763" "12,188,889" "12,518,734" "12,373,955" "12,653,906" "12,773,663" "12,935,830" "13,334,861" "13,669,490" "14,124,142" "14,161,848" "14,764,599" % 40.51 41.25 43.02 45.46 44.63 44.19 43.37 43.15 42.63 42.44 42.01 41.31 40.88 40.53 40.92 39.62 39.47 Female head w/ child<18 "969,033" "1,126,053" "1,216,769" "1,179,971" "1,284,117" "1,294,989" "1,368,649" "1,374,511" "1,448,910" "1,460,408" "1,634,349" "1,639,011" "1,660,356" "1,602,207" "1,650,732" "1,668,135" "1,912,370" % 4.22 4.65 4.91 4.59 4.75 4.75 4.87 4.74 4.99 4.9 5.37 5.23 5.09 4.75 4.78 4.67 5.11 Female head wo child<18 "1,054,236" "1,130,573" "1,251,560" "1,555,985" "1,506,181" "1,624,964" "1,671,140" "1,760,790" "1,762,758" "1,633,394" "1,591,816" "1,686,547" "1,697,942" "1,771,063" "1,728,184" "1,697,649" "1,806,023" % 4.59 4.67 5.06 6.05 5.57 5.96 5.95 6.07 6.07 5.48 5.23 5.39 5.21 5.25 5.01 4.75 4.83 Male head w/ child<18 "176,220" "235,522" "217,792" "266,126" "306,367" "288,846" "325,654" "334,897" "318,896" "364,113" "437,979" "461,266" "516,383" "486,168" "464,138" "563,645" "567,112" % 0.77 0.97 0.88 1.04 1.13 1.06 1.16 1.15 1.1 1.22 1.44 1.47 1.58 1.44 1.34 1.58 1.52 Male head wo child<18 "314,233" "391,250" "358,619" "430,633" "551,283" "513,769" "531,655" "492,146" "410,118" "477,055" "476,563" "574,478" "536,173" "654,537" "599,064" "658,654" "695,503" % 1.37 1.62 1.45 1.68 2.04 1.88 1.89 1.7 1.41 1.6 1.57 1.83 1.64 1.94 1.74 1.84 1.86 Nonfamily alone "3,598,577" "4,075,081" "4,399,651" "4,938,945" "5,502,528" "5,550,830" "5,890,379" "6,080,995" "5,966,300" "6,377,024" "6,447,084" "6,877,407" "7,420,920" "7,756,873" "7,841,962" "8,496,165" "8,991,693" % 15.66 16.83 17.77 19.22 20.35 20.35 20.96 20.96 20.56 21.39 21.2 21.96 22.75 23.00 22.72 23.77 24.03 Nonfamily w/ nonrelatives "248,717" "261,853" "351,167" "417,974" "578,183" "696,465" "733,170" "746,461" "829,420" "797,158" "918,911" "1,054,012" "1,117,108" "1,215,202" "1,304,636" "1,361,016" "1,379,172" % 1.08 1.08 1.42 1.63 2.14 2.55 2.61 2.57 2.86 2.67 3.02 3.37 3.42 3.60 3.78 3.81 3.69 65+ Total "12,252,128" "14,258,437" "16,149,237" "18,155,449" "20,156,313" "20,527,087" "20,921,355" "20,896,055" "20,806,394" "21,365,121" "21,485,967" "21,408,141" "21,497,439" "21,588,721" "21,744,506" "21,828,053" "22,476,173" % 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Married-couple w/ child<18 "325,197" "380,557" "302,160" "299,259" "313,343" "360,248" "309,312" "357,311" "373,771" "340,966" "315,890" "328,802" "330,407" "324,284" "345,967" "373,618" "413,858" % 2.65 2.67 1.87 1.65 1.55 1.75 1.48 1.71 1.8 1.6 1.47 1.54 1.54 1.50 1.59 1.71 1.84 Married-couple wo child<18 "5,317,244" "6,274,553" "6,946,242" "7,757,493" "8,584,743" "8,675,436" "8,878,818" "8,949,590" "8,873,090" "8,944,791" "8,964,414" "8,765,950" "8,878,057" "9,202,664" "9,090,908" "9,087,163" "9,176,679" % 43.4 44.01 43.01 42.73 42.59 42.26 42.44 42.83 42.65 41.87 41.72 40.95 41.3 42.63 41.81 41.63 40.83 Female head w/ child<18 "179,730" "201,928" "208,265" "262,349" "286,001" "257,283" "264,374" "293,210" "324,853" "302,720" "258,713" "262,376" "349,095" "314,366" "310,831" "299,761" "302,997" % 1.47 1.42 1.29 1.45 1.42 1.25 1.26 1.4 1.56 1.42 1.2 1.23 1.62 1.46 1.43 1.37 1.35 Female head wo child<18 "934,697" "904,955" "1,031,499" "1,191,199" "1,184,684" "1,230,320" "1,282,527" "1,299,094" "1,261,807" "1,233,576" "1,372,032" "1,385,822" "1,326,743" "1,278,622" "1,423,800" "1,427,637" "1,313,448" % 7.63 6.35 6.39 6.56 5.88 5.99 6.13 6.22 6.06 5.77 6.39 6.47 6.17 5.92 6.55 6.54 5.84 Male head w/ child<18 "59,539" "39,540" "48,810" "59,714" "60,555" "57,226" "86,470" "65,677" "69,909" "92,872" "77,043" "81,881" "77,460" "83,028" "85,051" "91,075" "72,961" % 0.49 0.28 0.3 0.33 0.3 0.28 0.41 0.31 0.34 0.43 0.36 0.38 0.36 0.38 0.39 0.42 0.32 Male head wo child<18 "259,331" "227,908" "254,895" "235,785" "296,918" "319,300" "313,766" "296,119" "311,065" "321,156" "317,440" "308,656" "308,673" "294,964" "331,234" "326,900" "358,254" % 2.12 1.6 1.58 1.3 1.47 1.56 1.5 1.42 1.5 1.5 1.48 1.44 1.44 1.37 1.52 1.50 1.59 Nonfamily alone "4,958,788" "6,005,958" "7,139,134" "8,111,163" "9,175,723" "9,380,601" "9,522,637" "9,355,055" "9,284,788" "9,843,847" "9,841,756" "9,933,627" "9,922,613" "9,747,522" "9,782,755" "9,877,490" "10,465,811" % 40.47 42.12 44.21 44.68 45.52 45.7 45.52 44.77 44.62 46.07 45.81 46.4 46.16 45.15 44.99 45.25 46.56 Nonfamily w/ nonrelatives "217,604" "223,037" "218,232" "238,487" "254,347" "246,673" "263,450" "280,000" "307,112" "285,192" "338,679" "341,028" "304,391" "343,271" "373,960" "344,409" "372,165" % 1.78 1.56 1.35 1.31 1.26 1.2 1.26 1.34 1.48 1.33 1.58 1.59 1.42 1.59 1.72 1.58 1.66 "Source: AmeriStat, analysis of data from the 1970-2002 Current Population Survey (March Supplement)."